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On two occasions I have been asked, ‘Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?’ I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

 

To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.

 

Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform.

 

I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interested in the subject.

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.

Great Charles Babbage QuotesAnother mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.

Charles Babbage Science QuotesError using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all. ~ Charles Babbage..

 

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

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A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.

 

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge.

 

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

 

I have no desire to write my own biography, as long as I have strength and means to do better work.

 

The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.

 

What is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it.


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